Saturday, June 11, 2011

4.14 Enhanced Green House Effect

Understand how an increase in greenhouse gases results in an enhanced greenhouse effect & that this may lead to global warming & it's consequences.

The enhanced green house effect is whereby the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, & CFC'S) are being released into the atmosphere at a far greaterrate than would happen through natural processes and thus their concentrations are increasing ---> Climate Change/GlobalWarming (increase in average temps)